A Florida nursing home fired one of its nursing assistants in September after she requested help for the facility on Facebook in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma.
Field for the new HHS chief includes celebs
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Nov 06, 2017
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma and television personality Mehmet Oz, M.D., are rumored to be on a list of potential candidates to replace former Department of Health...
Ask the Legal Expert about … understaffing lawsuits
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John Durso
Nov 06, 2017
I read about a state supreme court upholding class-action status for a lawsuit alleging “chronic understaffing.” How do we insulate ourselves from such allegations?
How to do it … Upward mobility plans
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John Hall
Nov 06, 2017
Upward mobility is a common interest among professionals, particularly in long-term care. How to achieve it, and market oneself properly for it, are important considerations that need a deft touch. Experts...
Feed the patient and starve the wound
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John Hall
Nov 06, 2017
There’s new thinking around the role that good nutrition plays in healing ulcers
Worth the risk
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 06, 2017
Owners and operators of long-term care facilities can entice increasingly discerning financial partners into niche projects — if they go about it the right way
ManorCare CEO bows out
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James M. Berklan
Nov 06, 2017
HCR ManorCare announced in late September that its long-time president and CEO, Paul Ormond, would step down after more than three decades at the company.
Sabra CEO: biggest providers simply ‘can’t do it anymore’
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James M. Berklan
Nov 06, 2017
Instead of building mass by stringing together operators with national reach, skilled nursing operators and owners should instead concentrate on finding smaller, nimble partners.
Happy horses, happy residents
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Nov 06, 2017
An executive at Centers Health Care approached Gayle Kirschenbaum with an idea: Create a mini-horse therapy program in the company’s long-term care facilities.
Don’t look ‘over there’ to fix staffing over here
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James M. Berklan
Nov 06, 2017
Whether you’re Republican, Democrat or independent, you might do well to listen to Newt Gingrich, the former House Speaker.